The final book.
The last Skulduggery.
I've been writing these books since 2005, so for me it's been nine years of living with these characters, in this world. I knew saying goodbye was not going to be easy...
But I haven't had to say goodbye yet. Not really. I wrote the book. I edited. I went through it again and again. I decided on covers, on approaches. I approved tour schedules and special events. I prepared. I tweeted. I blogged. I kept busy. I kept looking forward...
But now... now (most of) the preparation is done. I just have to turn up now, and talk, or sign, or talk and sign, and meet people and go places.
It's going to sink in NOW. I can feel it.
No more Skulduggery Pleasant.
I'm going to give my usual "No Spoilers" speech now. So, like, no spoilers, people. The comment section above is for spoilers, not this one.
But even outside of this blog, please be considerate of your fellow Minions. Don't go blasting spoilers on Facebook or Twitter or Tumblr. Be subtle about it, and if you can't be subtle, go LOUD with the spoiler warning.
And when I say spoiler I don't just mean" "Oh my god, I can't believe THIS CHARACTER did THAT to THAT OTHER CHARACTER!"
I also mean spoilers in a more general sense. For example, saying things like: "Derek, I can't believe you did that! I'll never forgive you! How could you?? That was my favourite character!!"
Or: "I'm so delighted! I loved it and the ending was just what I wanted!"
You have friends, Minions, who know your hopes and dreams. They know your favourite characters. They know what you're dreading. So don't confirm any of these things when you comment, even if you make sure not to get too specific. If you love the book, tell me. If you hate the book, tell me that too. But keep in mind that other people will be reading, and if you give away what kind of ending the book has, you've just cheated them out of finding out for themselves.
I love your enthusiasm. Your enthusiasm makes these books what they are. So while you're being considerate of your friends, be sure to revel in your enthusiasm, and your excitement, and your dread, and your horror, and your happiness and your despair.
I hope you like it.
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(I'm glad I got most of that off my chest)
@Egg: You're not alone. The best thing is to think positive and try and be positive. No one is identical to you, but there are plenty of similar people - you just have to find them. Stop a moment, and think about how many reasons there are for you to be happy.
Could just be hormones. A wrek is not long.
@Silemte: He could hqve got lost. Fell asleep in a field and didn't know where the field was.
*is, unfortunately, better with cheering up than with missing brothers . . .*
He could hqve slept with a mate and then gone to town in the morning.
He'll turn up, I'm sure he will.-Zaf
The thing is that I am happy most of the time. It's just that these points suddenly hit me at anytime. There's more to it but that was all I could say.
I find this funny as I was hoping to go to a friend or child line.
I feel better now.
Star, have you thought about being a psychotherapist?
Sil, I hope maybe you guys called Scotland Yard or the police, not sure what you guys call them, but if you report him missing they'll send search teams.-Zaf
We callrd the police to file a missing minors report. They said they wouldn't take it until we had exhausted every root. Which we have. So many times.
That's bull, I would be driving down to the station demanding to file it, this is not something to mess with. You searched and searched and he is MISSING. -Zaf
(star, it was 2 1/2 weeks. I thought of a week a week ago. :p)
I know this Zaf. You don't have to tell me this. But right now, I can't do jack shit about it. All I can do is stay in the house in case he comes through the door with that cocky smirk smeared across his face while the parents search for him.
*hugs Sil* I wish I could help you, if I lived over in England.
"Even in the darkest of times, there is always light, only if one remembers to turn the light on."
Stay strong Sil. -Zaf
I know this sounds twisted but....
Just forget about it.
You need to be calm.
Msd
FORGET ABOUT IT?!?!?!
He's my brother Egg. I'm not just going to FORGET about the fact that NO ONE knows where he is. I'm not going to FORGET about the fact that right now he could be lieing in a ditch or tied up or any number of things that won't leave me alone. I'm not going to FORGET that.
If you occupy your mind with something else then you won't be too worried and then you will remember something that could help find him.
How old is your brother Sil?
(distant)
If you're calm, you probably are more able to find him then being panicked and rushed
You probably hate me now for saying that.
I'm stupid, I shouldn't had said anything.
Just another thing on the list of things I regret doing or saying.
Fifteen.
I don't hate you Egg. You probably have a point. Sorry for snapping. I didn't mean to make you feel bad.
I have experience with people going missing or running away from home. Two of my cousins are actually missing right now, one of them was an SP fan. They both went missing this month too. In total, relatives of mine have gone missing about 6 times so yeah. I've gotten pretty good at tracking people down and guessing where they might have gone.
Egg? Are you still here?
Good god I just wanna know if I need to plan my own funeral and nobody will hint me anything....LSODM everyone told me I'm Grand Mage...*is scared*
DEREK SO GOD HELP ME IF I END UP DEAD I AM MOVING INTO YOUR WARDROBE AND HAUNTING YOU FOR ALL OF ETERNITY!!!
-Zaf
The parents are back. Nothing. Phoning the police now.
Back
Yes dugglyn.
By the way, do you wanna go to the blog land requiem ball with me?
Egglyn.
I SHIP IT!!-Zaf
...
Yes.
*shrugs* Silente, I seriously don't care any more about ships.
So, dug.
Wanna go?
(yay)
If I can make it...
I'll try, I really will, but we are on vacation. In one of the most beautiful spots in the whole world. So we might be swimming or kayaking or hiking but I'll try!!
Do you want to buy a bible?
*sighs*
At least it's a good ship name...
What was he doing when he went missing?
(Trying to avoid asking about anything personal. It's okay if you don't want to answer me.)
Um, what? No thanks....
BUT BE THE GLUE!!!!
BE THE GLUE!
Sil, I hope your brother's ok! I'm sure he'll turn up. You'll find him!
*hugs*
STAR IS BACK!!!!!!!! I MISSED YOU STAR!!!!! I HOPE YOU HAD FUN!!!! Except for getting home...
BUT I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE BACK!!!!!!
*supermegahuggletacklesofdoomvil!!*
Be The Glue...
>>>
Where'd everyone go...?
Msd
Ah. Ok!
I'm still here *waves*
Hi! I don't think I've met you! (If I have, soy sauce!)
Pleased to met you! You're an older Bloglandian right?
Back
So now what?
Wanna role play? But what about...?
Pleased to meet you too :)
I've been here for about a year now so I'm not exactly one of the older ones :P
(Doing homework so I'll be distant)
He was walking home from a friend's house. He's now officially a missing person. The police will be coming soon. Hopefully. Someone please start and rp so I can let Sil take control as opposed to being stuck in my own head.
I don't know but that guy over there watching me is creepy.
*man sees me notice him and starts moving*
Oh, ok. You're older than me! I joined in May (though blogger says June cause that when I first got a blogger. I had live journal before) so I've only been here for a couple months. Though I'm not new anymore...!
(Oh Sil.....
I hope they find him...!)
*floats really high in the air and then solidifies*
*starts dropping to the ground super fast*
*when she is about two feet from the ground she mistifies*
Uhh.. Guys?
The man is really creeping me out.
*man waks the stairs to the top of a building*
*solidifies and walks over to Egg*
What's that man doing?
*he brings out a sniper*
Oh.
*starts running as people get shot behind me*
(I haven't eaten all day. I'm still not hungry. That's bad.)
(Just because she's more controlling of my mind I'm going to use evil Sil)
*watches Dug from a bit away, mentally wondering how she'd look if she went splat*
*smiles*
Duggyn (my ipad just tried to auto correct you to dug gulp)
MIST.
*jumps a fence and the man jumps from the building in front of me*
Oh..
Erm..
Hey there.
*turns into mist*
*floats to the top of the building*
*solidifies behind the man*
*pulls out her sword and swings it at his neck*
*watches the man with interest*
*looks Egg up and down*
*-he'll be fine-*
(Oh, forget the last part...)
So.. Thylactius.
How have you been these days?
Thylactius: Bad.
*the mist follows the man getting ready to attack*
*is still mist*
Who are you?
*rolls her eyes at the sight of the mist*
You sure?
*watches mist behind him*
Thylactius: Yes. Give the crystal now.
Thylactius: Huh, who's that?
Oh, just a friend.
She's mist!
(*glares at Sil*
What do you have against me!)
*solidifies behind the man*
*taps him on the shoulder*
Thylactius: Very funny, now stop the jokes.
I'm not joking.
She can swipe your head off right now.
She's behind you.
(Sil: nothing in particular.)
*tilts her head to the side*
*pulls a knife free and sends it blurring through the air at Dug's hand*
*laughs*
*pulls out her sword*
(Thy turns around with a look of confusion)
*mistifies*
*yells in the direction of the knife*
Hey! What was that for?!
*solidifies and punches him in the nose*
*his nose stays perfectly still*
*frowns when she turns to mist and watched the knife lodge itself to the hilt in a wall*
*mutters* cheat.
*growls and swings her sword at his neck*
Why? You can't boss me around!
*turns into mist*
Fine.
*floats high above everyone, searching for Silente*
HEY
Thy: What?
Look up.
*he looks up and I kick him where the sun don't shine*
*hurls a knife at Thy's eye, moving fast enough that she might struggle to beat it to its target even with her sigils*
*he screams a high pitched scream and falls over clutching his lower section and his face*
*teleports him high up*
*spots Silente*
*floats down to her*
Purple. What was that knife for?
*glares at the mist*
Go away.
*he falls and before he hits the ground i teleport him high up again*
*he hits the ground and starts moaning*
I should've wiped your memory ages ago.
* grabs his head and it glows blue*
Go back to where you came from.
(hey Draggie)
Why?
(PURPLE DRAGGIE!)
Hi Dragona :)
(Hi dragster)
(Ok, Wbd and Msd...)
What's WBD
(Will be distant.
Mbd is May be distant)
Thanks.
Duggster.
:D
Cause I don't want to talk.
Msd is Might Suddenly Disappear.
Well.
I'm gonna go now.
Thy is dealt with.
I'll pop in latooor.
Bye.
'If you don't see me,
I don't exist'
Egg
(I have many nicknames...
Duggy
Dug
Dugglyn (well, it started as a nickname..)
Dugg
Duggington
Duggster)
That great. I was told to 'go and take care of Silente'. So..
Bye Eggy!!!! See ya later!
(bye egg!)
We'll I don't need to be taken care of. Go away.
(Ok..
I'm gonna go to the main house. I might be back....)
*sighs*
What happened to you?
(What's happened?)
(oh. Bye then Dug)
(Ok, back!)
Why whatever do you mean Dug. Nothings happened to me.
Yeah right. You're acting cold, going around killing people. You don't care about your friends anymore. Something definitely changed.
Oh. You mean that. *laughs* ah that was just a matter of time really.
(Ok, what's happening? :P)
(they're talking.)
(How did Silente get free? ^^)
I don't really believe that. What do James and Erica do to you?
(...magic. *nods before realising that doesn't count as an answer* with extreme difficulty. Nearly got her head blasted off by that bloody gun.)
Them two?
*her lip curls in distaste*
Like I'd know.
Fine. It doesn't seem like I'll get any information from you...
But weren't you supposed to be on Sophia's ship?
No. Not anymore. An idiot kidnapped me. Didn't work. He's probably watching. He had a habit of doing that.
Assassin: *appears behind Silente* I saved your life.
Hello annoying voice.
*solidifies*
Hello.
Who are you?
Assassin: I tell no one my name. But I have been watching. I already know about you.
((Hi!!!!!!! I got a black edition! :D I'm still reading AOH though and I will read that first. I won't read The 9th. Not yet. I will read it after, after Comic-con so I will still enjoy it. Then I will cry. And cry. And...cry.))
(CHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TACKLEHUGS* hi.)
*glares at Dug*
*turns her back and stalks off*
Assassin: *vanishes*
(*hugs Silente* I am so so sorry I haven't been on as much!)
(Oh that hardly matter Chi! So long as you, you know, DO come back sometimes!)
(Oh yey I've been nominated. Damn.)
(PURPLE CHI!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW BE'S YOUS EYES?!? HOW BE'S YOUS?!?!
Congrats on getting a black edition!)
Rejoice for I have returned!
*stops after walking a few steps*
*looks over her shoulder at Dug*
Oh and Dug...
*smirks*
Tell Ash and Leri I'l see them soon.
(silente it'll be worse later on in the year because I'm taking 4 highers and an advanced higher)
(Ouch. That sounds like a LOT of work...)
(I don't mind though...you have a good habit of coming on when I need you most. *hugs*)
*watches her leave*
Gtg! Bye!
*smiles, weaving through the trees*
*spins around slightly*
(bye Dug!)
Bye Dugglyn *waves*
*Looks at Silente*
*sets fire to trees*
*smiles at Syk*
Hello.
*looks at the burning trees and laughs*
Hmmm..
... Please don't burn my tree...
But burning trees is fun...
... Please, not my tree... It's the only place here where I feel safe...
Well unfortunately I don't have a way of stopping the fire. I can only start it.
Sil, you can stop the fire right?
(Oh. My. God. Found the idiot brother. He's going to die.)
Nope.
*activates her computer and raises it at the fire* *waves her hand through the air and a gush of water spurts out, extinguishing the flames*
(I'm glad you've found your brother, though it doesn't seem like this is going to end well for him :P)
Sorry Dragona, it seems your tree is doomed to burn.
My sincerest apologies for your loss.
The livestream of the requiem ball starts in 30 minutes...
(What I say in brackets is me. (Dragona). What is out of brackets is my current character Leri.)
(i forgot about that...huh.)
(There's a livestream of the ball?)
Great, now I've got nothing to burn...
(http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/requiemball/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mailer%2027.08.2014%20(1)&utm_content=&spMailingID=10825487&spUserID=ODA4NTcwNjYxNTAS1&spJobID=324305150&spReportId=MzI0MzA1MTUwS0)
You could always burnt Ashlea. Make her nickname more fitting.
*smiles at Ashlea*
Ashlea: *ignores her and hugs Leri*
(Thanks Chi :))
*hugs Ashlea back* ... Don't listen to her...
Sorry Sil, but I don't burn people I've never met before. I need to justify burning them first.
Justify it? Does 'she's a clone who thinks she's in love and will probably do more harm than good' count ad justification?
*raises an eyebrow*
Ashlea: *says nothing, just hides her face in Leri's chest*
(Nps Sky ^.^)
*Comes out from Artemis's dorm in her full Hunter uniform*
*There are gasps, Oo's and Ah's*
You look beautiful, my Hunter
Thank you lady Artemis. Where will we be hunting?
We are Hunting in your homeland. The creature we are trailing has entered "blogland" He takes the form as a man. It has acquired a portal device. We have to capture it quickly.
Yes, My lady.
*Artemis opens a portal into Blogland, she steps through, everyone following her through, Abigail and herself the last ones through*
*holds Ashlea close*
... That... that isn't true... You're the destructive one... You're the one who hurt me, Silente... Ashlea has done nothing wrong...
You're point seems valid Sil, but as I said, I don't set fire to people I've never met before.
*Turns to Ashlea*
Hi, I'm Syk. I hear your name is Ashlea. Nice to meet you.
*Sets fire to Ashlea*
... No! Bosh'tet! *sprays water over Ashlea* *aims her computer at Syk*
... Don't... don't touch her... Please...
... I'm sure, Silente... it was you... you're the one who was trying to hurt me the other night... You're the one who was running after us... You nearly killed me...
Ashlea: *screams and jumps back from Leri to avoid setting her alight too*
*bats at the flames manically, trying to put them out as they burnt her*
*laughs*
Ashlea to ashes. Dust to dust.
*holds Ashlea close when the flames have been extinguished* ... It's okay... it's okay... *runs her computer over her burns, applying medical gel*
(pretend that happened BEFORE Draggies comment.)
*pouts*
Awww. I was watching that.
Ashlea: *shivers, moving back to Leri*
*shadow walks towards Leri*
*Forms shadow sword and slashes at computer*
*shrieks and steps away*
... Please... You've got this wrong... We... we don't fight... Silente is lying... James and Erica did something to her... split her personality... Please... She nearly killed me... She broke my hip and my knee and... *sobs*
... Please...
Ashlea: leave her alone! *glares at Syk and hugs Leri close to her* its okay...
Awww. Isn't that just sweet. Makes me want to puke.
*hugs Ashlea close, too* *puts her helmet on her shoulder and sobs quietly*
... I... I don't understand what your problem with us is, Silente...
Oh I have little problem with you Ler. It's that I have the problem with. I'm trying to help you by saving you from it.
Ashlea: IM not an it
(brb food)
... I don't need saving... She's the best thing that's ever happened to me... You're the only one I need saving from... She would never hurt me... Unlike you...
Ah, such pathetic creatures. I can see why Sil wanted to kill you. Love is a liability. It is a weakness.
... I don't care whether it's a weakness... I have no interest in fighting... So why would I be interested in weaknesses? I can't fight...
(THAT was nice.)
It is, isn't it? A horrible one at that. Although a useful one.
Ashlea: love isn't bad....
(It's started!!!!!!!!!!)
(the link won't work!)
See, love isn't worth it, because nothing lasts forever. You can't be with someone forever. The more you love something or someone, the more it hurts when you lose it/them. And of course because people never truly appreciate things until they're gone the pain will be greater than the happiness the love once brought you.
So I ask; is it really worth it?
See, love isn't worth it, because nothing lasts forever. You can't be with someone forever. The more you love something or someone, the more it hurts when you lose it/them. And of course because people never truly appreciate things until they're gone the pain will be greater than the happiness the love once brought you.
So I ask; is it really worth it?
Alleluia!!!!
(VIVVYYYYYYY!!!)
(You got a black edition!)
... Yes... It's worth it... You can't think about the end... You have to enjoy every moment you have with them...
... You might think love is stupid, but to me it isn't... you might take it for granted, but I don't...
(Dammit, I can't go on the SP website)
Hi Viv.
*Punches Viv on the nose*
Ashlea: nor do I...
As I said, cute. Makes me wanna massacre a town of people.
Ouch
*punches Sky back*
(My mom got it for me!!! I love her so much!!!)
(I LOVE it!!!)
(Im reading it now...many parts are making me smile.)
*Shakes head*
You're so naïve. Let me make this easier for you to understand.
*Draws sword and cut Ashlea's arm*
(I can't read it yet...my bro got the normal one and he's reading it first!!!)
Ashlea: ow! *shys away from Syk, quickly covering the cut and applying pressure* w-what was that f-for?!
I'm in a hire car driving home. :)
CHI IS SCRRWING MY MIBD UP SO MUCH she keeps sayi g 'Hunter' :P
*really struggles to read books with characters called Hunter coz his name keeps making me jump*
(Haha! I'm on page 183...)
(*Kicks Viv's shin and elbows his jaw* I was only taking revenge for last time. I said I would and so I have.)
(I got a black edition as well :))
(Hey Star!)
*shrieks, and applies medical gel to Ashlea's wound*
... Please... We haven't done anything wrong... I... I don't understand...
Okay, the USB charger is only so long and leaning forward like this is hurting and you guys don't need me. Guess I'll poof. :)
(Hi Star *waves*)
See Leri? You feel pain don't you? If you didn't love Ashlea then you wouldn't be feeling any pain because you wouldn't care.
(gtg eat)
Ashlea: that's stupid...
That's true. Not caring it better, clone.
*smirks at the clone*
Love is just a tool. A useful one that makes people weak.
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